And then there is the unsatisfactory turn of events in Cat's love life that must be attended to.įilled with thorny characters and a Scottish atmosphere as thick as a highland mist, The Sunday Philosophy Club is irresistible, and Isabel Dalhousie is the most delightful literary sleuth since Precious Ramotswe. The resulting moral labyrinth might have stymied even Kant. Despite the advice of her housekeeper, Grace, who has been raised in the values of traditional Edinburgh, and her niece, Cat, who, if you ask Isabel, is dating the wrong man, Isabel is determined to find the truth if indeed there is one behind the man's death.
This may be the case when Isabel sees a young man plunge to his death from the upper circle of a concert hall in Edinburgh. Isabel is fond of problems, and sometimes she becomes interested in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business. 1 Ladies Detective Agency novels, begins a wonderful new series starring the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie. With The Sunday Philosophy Club, Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the best-selling and beloved No. "Scotland's climate may be misty and cool, but the author's gentle humor and keen insights into human nature warm every page of this engaging series debut." - Booklist Starred Review But then Isabel, being a philosopher, has a thing or two to say about God as well.THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB by Alexander McCall Smith - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK See all titles by Alexander McCall Smith.
As her hero WH Auden maintained, classic detective fiction stems from a desire for an uncorrupted Eden which the detective, as an agent of God, can return to us. With Isabel Dalhousie Alexander McCall Smith introduces a new and pneumatic female sleuth to tackle murder, mayhem – and the mysteries of life. Instinct tells Isabel that the young man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes at a concert in the Usher Hall didn’t fall. Behind the city’s Georgian facades its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty and murderous intent. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics – which addresses such questions as ‘Truth telling in sexual relationships’ – and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh.
Home > Fiction from Scotland > The Sunday Philosophy Club The Sunday Philosophy Club By (author) Alexander McCall SmithĪmateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries.
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